W.C. Rice

WILLIAM CARLTON RICE WAS A HOUSE PAINTER AND SELF-ORDAINED MINISTER WHOSE SINGLE PERFORMATIVE GESAMTKUNSTWERK WAS THE CONVERSION OF HIS LAND INTO THE SPRAWLING CROSS GARDEN. THE ROUGH-PAINTED CRUCIFIXES AND JAGGED SIGNS FORETOLD IMMINENT APOCALYPTIC PUNISHMENT FOR ALL WHO DARED TRANSGRESS, IN LANGUAGE AS FAST AND LOOSE AS THAT OF THEIR MAKER.